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preacherize

preacherize verb: to preach; to sermonize.

Verb

preacherize (third-person singular simple present preacherizes, present participle preacherizing, simple past and past participle preacherized)

  1. (intransitive) To preach; to sermonize.
  2. (rare, transitive) To fill with preachers.

Forms of preacherize

third-person singular presentpreacherizes
present participlepreacherizing
past participlepreacherized
pastpreacherized

Origin of preacherize

From preacher + -ize.

Questions about preacherize

What does preacherize mean?
Preacherize means to preach; to sermonize.
What part of speech is preacherize?
Preacherize is a verb.
What is the past tense of preacherize?
The past tense of preacherize is preacherized.

Words near preacherize in the dictionary

  1. preacherdom
  2. preacherese
  3. preacheress
  4. preacheresses
  5. preacherish
  6. preacherize
  7. preacherized
  8. preacherizes
  9. preacherizing
  10. preacherless
  11. preacherlike

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